Henning–Oellermann–Swart conjecture on the Steiner k-diameter and Steiner k-radius

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Let k≥2k\geq 2 be an integer, and let GG be a connected graph with order at least kk. The Steiner kk-diameter Sdk(G)Sd_k(G) and Steiner kk-radius Srk(G)Sr_k(G) are defined using Steiner distances over kk-vertex subsets of GG.

Henning–Oellermann–Swart conjecture.

Sdk(G)≤2(k+1)2k−1Srk(G).Sd_k(G)\leq\dfrac{2(k+1)}{2k-1}Sr_k(G).

Henning, Oellermann and Swart proposed this bound; the paper states that it has been proved for k=3k=3 and k=4k=4, while the general case remains open.

References

Primary source

Qingnan Zhang and Yingzhi Tian, “On the Steiner k-diameter and Steiner (k,k^)-radius of trees”, arXiv:2511.22492 (2025).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2019–2025). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1907.07658.

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